The Lucky Escape

‘Laura's best book yet’ Beth O’Leary

‘I can’t remember the last time a book made me forget I had a phone’ Stacey Halls

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR STOP, TAKING OFF JUNE 2021…

ONE CANCELLED WEDDING

When the day finally comes for Annie to marry Alexander, the last thing she expects is to be left standing at the altar. She was so sure he was Mr Right. Now, she has no idea how she could have got it so wrong.
 
ONE UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER

After a chance meeting with Patrick, an old friend who reminds her of who she used to be, Annie takes a vow of her own: she’ll say yes to every opportunity that comes her way from now on.

ONE SPARE TICKET FOR THE HONEYMOON

Could a spontaneous trip with Patrick be the way to mend Annie’s heart? She’s about to find out as she embarks on her honeymoon – with a man who’s not her husband…

The wedding? Cancelled.
The bride? Heartbroken.
The honeymoon? Try and stop her…

THE LUCKY ESCAPE is undoubtedly Laura Jane Williams’s best book yet. This novel is the perfect romcom, and more: full of effortless banter; sizzling sexual tension and, above all, an overwhelming sense of hopefulness – in life as well as love.

Despite the fact that Laura wrote this during lockdown in the UK, joyful escapism pervades the pages of this story, making it feel all the more special given the current climate. Set between London and Australia (Sydney and Margaret River), with a brief trip to Antwerp, Belgium, this will Avon’s key women’s fiction publication of Summer 2021. It’s the novel we want people to take with them on holiday – or, if the state of the world means we’re still not able to travel, then this will be the ULTIMATE staycation read for the garden.

Laura Jane Williams’s debut novel, OUR STOP, was Avon’s runaway romcom success of Summer 2019 achieving a full sweep of the supermarkets as well as unprecedented support from Waterstones, blanket consumer and national coverage, film rights snapped up, and an Apple #1 slot for both the ebook and audiobook less than a week after publication. OUR STOP has now sold almost 100,000 copies across formats.

Laura Jane Williams has 20,000+ followers on both Instagram and Twitter respectively, and her network is growing organically and rapidly, with impressive engagement.

Laura Jane Williams wrote a monthly column for Red online until recently, and was Grazia’s dating columnist. She is also a gifted public speaker, and has spoken at Blogtacular, Stylist Live, Birchbox x Oliver Bonas, Twitter, West Elm, as well as acting as a spokesperson to press and media for Bumble and Benefit Cosmetics. She features regularly on international podcasts, and is renowned for her frank and funny delivery.

Competition: The;Love Your Life;Last Night;If I Never Met You;In Case You Missed It;Switch;Flatshare;Road Trip;Christmas Shopaholic. by;Sophie Kinsella;Mhairi McFarlane;Lindsey Kelk;Beth O’Leary;Josie Silver;Holly Bourne;Sophia Money-Coutts